Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is the eternal bridesmaid of the “obnoxious tech billionaire” upper class; neither as watchably stoner-trainwreck awful as Elon Musk, or as “What is this thing you hoo-man lifeforms call love?” awkward as Mark Zuckerberg. Jack’s just kind of there, a gormless punching bag for people unconvinced…

Ah, the Carlton Dance: Simultaneously an indictment of The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air’s endlessly lame, Tom Jones-worshiping Carlton Banks, and a tacit acknowledgement that his actor, Alfonso Ribeiro, actually had some significant swagger under all those high waisted khakis. The dance is an indelible part of the show’s…

Penny Marshall, whose career saw her rise first to the ranks of America’s most beloved sitcom stars, and then to the director of some of its most beloved films, has died. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Marshall—director of Big and A League Of Their Own, and star of Laverne & Shirley—was 75.

Because social etiquette dictates that you can only have two versions of Sherlock Holmes and John/Joan Watson running around in the public consciousness at any given time—and god knows Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly weren’t going to just sit around, waiting their turn—CBS has announced that the upcoming seventh…

Monday is catch-up day for late-night. Twitter-raging, laughably corrupt white supremacy never sleeps in Donald Trump’s America, and The Late Show’s Stephen Colbert had plenty of weekend administration mendacity, racism, and threats to sue late-night comedy shows to cope with. Luckily there was a lighter side to the…

According to a new piece from The Hollywood Reporter, production on the second season of Showtime’s SMILF has been “plagued by allegations of abusive behavior and violations of industry rules,” with one actor now planning to leave the show after she says “two mishandled sex scenes” were a breach of her contract. On…

You may not watch it and you may not have ever even heard of it, but Freeform’s Shadowhunters is a very popular show with a very active and vocal fanbase, as evidenced by the fact that it was named the best TV show of 2018 at the People’s Choice Awards in November—not Killing Eve, not The Good Place, and not The…

According to Variety, Justin Lin is leaving his longtime deal with Sony Pictures TV—through which he has helped make Scorpion, the new Mangum P.I., and Cinemax’s Warrior happen—for the presumably cushy, still-mysterious confines of Apple’s streaming service. Variety says Lin has signed an “exclusive overall TV…

There are a lot of words that could be used to capture the spirit of the last couple years, like maybe “bullshit” or “nightmare” or “fartpocalypse,” but one that doesn’t immediately spring to mind—given the rampant disregard for the rule of law, the basic core of democracy, and mankind’s general propensity to steal…

It was only a couple years ago that we reported that there wouldn’t be a Dark Crystal prequel movie after all, but since then Netflix has gone out of its way to make us look like the fools we are. Not only has the streaming service picked up a 10-episode series set before the events of Jim Henson and Frank Oz’s…

Taking a break from his busy schedule of calling people cooperating with his own government enforcement agencies “rats,” and perpetuating the perfect political conditions in which refugee children can die, Donald Trump returned to one of his favorite leisure activities this morning: Whining and moaning about Saturday…

Suggesting that he might not have a perfect grasp of how to show respect to an ex and her attempts to get on with her life—or possibly that he’s just watched Love fucking Actually too many goddamn times—rapper Offset decided it would be very cool to crash his separated wife Cardi B’s headlining set at Los Angeles’…

Multiple outlets are reporting this morning that Colin Kroll, whose tech innovations included popular video hosting service Vine and the viral phenomenon trivia game HQ Trivia, has died. Kroll’s body was reportedly found early this morning in his New York apartment by police, after his girlfriend asked them to…

Concern circulated throughout the pop culture world yesterday over the health and well-being of Saturday Night Live star Pete Davidson, who deleted his social media accounts last night after making a post suggesting he was experiencing considerable mental distress. The comedian appeared briefly on last night’s episode…

On last night’s Matt Damon-hosted Saturday Night Live, there was plenty of holiday cheer to go around. Donald Trump got It’s A Wonderful Life-d. Christmas ornaments found out where you go once your tacky novelty wears off. Damon affectingly choked up during a monologue about his late dad letting young Matt stay up…

There are some gigs in the entertainment industry that seem fairly easy, and then there’s Charles Martinet’s job voicing Mario, Luigi, Wario, and Waluigi in various Nintendo games. A couple times a year, when Nintendo has a new Super Mario Bros. or Mario Kart or Mario Tennis ready to go, he just has to rattle off a…

Podcasting is still pretty hot these days, especially as the TV industry is concerned, with the success of Homecoming on Amazon more than making up for the failure of Zach Braff’s similarly podcast-inspired Alex, Inc.—which ABC canceled earlier this year. According to Deadline, NBC is developing another TV show based…

David Letterman said earlier this year that his post-Late Show adventures have been so fulfilling that he wishes he had quit his CBS job much earlier, so he has unsurprisingly decided to continue what is probably the most lucrative of those post-Late Show adventures with another season of his Netflix talk show My Next…

There are only a few weeks left until January, and we all know what that means: Some new things will be available on streaming platforms! Woo! Well, try to contain your excitement, you maniac, because Hulu’s new offerings in January aren’t exactly going to blow you away. They’re not bad, and we’ve definitely seen…